Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, &amp;amp; Culture

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Time, Imaginary

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H. James Birx
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Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412963961
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Imaginary time is a concept most popularly known because of its use by physicist Stephen Hawking in his research on the origin of the universe and the relationship between time and space. The simplest definition of imaginary time is time measured ...

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  Birx, H. J. (2009). Time, imaginary. In Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture (pp. 1273-1273). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412963961
  
  Birx, H. J. "Time, Imaginary." In Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture, edited by Birx, H. James., 1273-1273. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412963961.
  
  Birx, H. J. 2009. Time, Imaginary. In: Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture. H. J. Birx Editor, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1273 Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412963961> [Accessed 10 Dec 2023].
  
  Birx, H. J. "Time, Imaginary." Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture. Edited by Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 1273-1273. Sage Knowledge, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412963961.
  
  Birx, H. J.. Time, imaginary. In Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2009: 1273-1273. doi:10.4135/9781412963961
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